156 killed, 1,080 injured in Xinjiang riots
- Source: Global Times
- [09:51 July 07 2009]
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Xinjiang-related violence
2008
May 5: Three killed in a Shanghai bus bombing. The Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) claims responsibility. China says TIP is not responsible, but no details are given.
July 8: Chinese authorities say police killed five Muslims who were planning a “holy war” in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital.
July 21: Three buses bombed in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, killing two people. TIP claims responsibility. China again says TIP wasn’t responsible, but gives no details.
August 4: Terrorists kill 16 policemen at a police station in Kashgar, days before the Beijing Olympics.
August 10: Ten attackers and one security guard are killed in bombings and a shootout with police in the remote city of Kuqa.
August 12: Three security officers are killed when assailants jump off a vehicle passing through a checkpoint and stab them.
August 27: Two policemen are killed and five wounded while searching a cornfield near Kashgar, western Xinjiang, for a suspect connected with an earlier attack.
August 29: Police kill six and arrest three others in a clash in Kashgar prefecture.
2009
February 25: A couple from Xinjiang set themselves on fire with their son in central Beijing over a dispute with their local government. They survive.
April 9: China executes two Muslim men in Kashgar for an August 4 terrorist attack that killed 16 police officers.
July 5: Violence breaks out in Urumqi, with official reports putting the number of casualties near at least 140 by last night.
AFP